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Herein is the listing of Kate MacLeod's CDs, including record labels, musicians, and track listings. A complete discography and reviews are also available.

Blooming
Beginning Fiddle for the Novice and the Classically Trained
Breakfast
Drawn from the Well
Feel the Earth Spin
Constant Emotion
Trying to Get It Right

Download Kate's single "Wyoming Dove" at Great Indie Music. For further information on this song and the sale of this song see the News Page.


BloomingBlooming

"a gorgeous, spellbinding album" 
David Burger, Salt Lake Tribune

Listen to and purchase Blooming, at Waterbug Records.

Waterbug Records' YouTube Channel

Buy MP3s through CDBaby.

In Kate's home state of Utah, Blooming is kept in stock at the following music stores... Slowtrain Music, 221 East Broadway (300 S.) Salt Lake City, UT
Groovacious, 173 North 100 West, Cedar City, UT

See the Blooming page for photos, stories and further details about this recording project. 

Watch YouTube: Blooming CD. Song - The Day is Mine

Recorded and published in 2009

Produced by Tim O’Brien
Musicians:
Kate MacLeod – vocals, acoustic guitar
Tim O’Brien – harmony vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, banjo, fiddle

Darrell Scott – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, pedal steel, steel guitar
Byron House – acoustic bass, electric bass
Kenny Malone – percussion

Song Lyrics < link

The radio promotion is being handled by Peter Hay at Twin Vision.

Tracks:

    (All songs written by Kate MacLeod except those noted)

    1. The Day is Mine 4:11
    2. Blooming 3:50
    3. Where the Magic Happens 3:42
    4. Riding the White Horse Home 4:04
    5. Road to Heaven 3:59
    6. Branded Heart 3:22
    7. Something Left You Living 4:46
    8. My Teton Home 3:49
    9. Return to Rawlins 3:22
    10. The Inner Man (Jack Hardy) 4:26 Copyright 1979, Jack Hardy Music, BMI
    11. A Smile Worth a Million 2:42
    12. As Far as the Heart Can See (Kate MacLeod and Robert K. Wolf) 3:30

Kate and FiddleBeginning Fiddle for the Novice and the Classically Trained

*NEW* Kate MacLeod's Instructional Video

YouTube Demonstration Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-kWKOqeFog
To Order: Email info@KateMacLeod.com

For the price of one fiddle lesson, this instructional DVD offers the content of several lessons that can help begin your study of fiddle-playing. From my twenty-five years of teaching experience, I answer the most common questions that arise for fiddle students. I carefully explain the basic techniques involved in fiddle-playing, demonstrate a variety of well-known traditional tunes, and point to important points within them. I focus on the Celtic and American Old-Time styles, which are the basis of traditional American fiddle music and are the styles that I have personally studied the most and have performed on concert stages across the USA. This instructional video also explains differences between classical and fiddle techniques, and explains fiddle techniques for students who have had previous classical experience. My unique perspective on fiddle-playing comes from my years of experience as a performer and teacher of classical violin and several traditional fiddle styles. As a special bonus, I've included footage taped during one of my master classes involving beginning students. Fiddle-players differ according to their own style of playing, the techniques they learn and use, and the genres of music they have played before. This DVD is designed to be useful for fiddle students who come from a wide variety of backgrounds.

This DVD is appropriate:

  1. For all ages
  2. For beginning fiddle students with some knowledge of basic tunes.
  3. For classical violinists of all skill levels who want to know the basic bowing patterns and other details about fiddle-playing.
  4. For violin and fiddle instructors who want an easy-to-use audiovisual aid that will supplement their own teaching strategies and serve as a potential tool for their students.

The following tunes are included in this video:
Old Joe Clark, The Swallowtail Jig, Ook Pik Waltz, Back Up and Push, Another Jig Will Do, Off the California, Saint Anne's Reel, Ragtime Annie, Sally Goodin', The Mason's Apron.


Breakfast

Kate MacLeod and the Pancakes
Distributed by Waterbug Records - TO ORDER
2005

Reviews
Lyrics of Kate's five songs included on Breakfast
To purchase this CD, visit (Waterbug Records)

Waterbug Record LabelMusicians:

Kate MacLeod: vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, fiddle, harmonica
Mark Hazel:
vocals, acoustic & electric guitars
Barry Carter:
acoustic bass guitar
Cliff Smith:
percussion, harmonica

Tracks:
    1. Thirst Quencher (Kate MacLeod)
    2. Potter's Wheel (Kate MacLeod)
    3. No More Cane (traditional)
    4. Forget Me Nots (Jack Hardy)
    5. Autumn (Kate MacLeod)
    6. Love Is Gone (Kate MacLeod)
    7. Gartan Mother's Lullaby (traditional)
    8. Whole World Round (Mitch Jayne & Joe Stuart)
    9. Handsome Molly (traditional)
    10. Prodigal Son (traditional)
    11. The Greenwood Side (traditional)
    12. Balmy Song (Kate MacLeod)
    13. Time Passes Slowly (Bob Dylan)

Drawn from the Well

Kate MacLeod and Kat Eggleston
Distributed by Wind River/Folk Era Records - TO ORDER
2002

Reviews
Lyrics
View Kat's website
To purchase this CD, go to (Wind River/Folk Era Records)

Wind River/Folk Era RecordsMusicians:

Kate MacLeod: vocals, fiddle, guitar
Kat Eggleston: vocals, hammered dulcimer, guitar

Tracks:
    1. Good Ship in Order (song/traditional)
    2. Drawn from the Well (instrumental/Kat Eggleston)
    3. The Annual Menhaden (song/Kate MacLeod)
    4. Measure for Measure (song/Kat Eggleston)
    5. Kitty's Rambles (instrumental/traditional)
    6. Tom Egan (song/Kate MacLeod)
    7. The Beverage Set
      Coffey's Reel (trad.), A Cup of Tea (trad.), The Kylebrack Rambler (Finbar Dwyer)
    8. Go to the Water (song/Kat Eggleston)
    9. Give Me Your Hand (instrumental/Ruainn O'Cathain)
    10. Over the Moor to Maggie (instrumental/traditional)
    11. The Two Sisters (song/traditional)
    12. New Homeland (song/Kate MacLeod)

Feel the Earth Spin

Distributed by Wind River/Folk Era Records - TO ORDER
2001

Kate's third CD is a solo effort, quiet and reflective, with ten original songs plus Mary McCaslin's "Way Out West."

Reviews

Wind River/Folk EraMusician:

Kate MacLeod: vocals, guitars, fiddle, harmonica

Tracks:
    1. Potter's Wheel
    2. Way Out West (by Mary McCaslin)
    3. My Baby Leaving
    4. Wild Birds
    5. Cliffhanger
    6. My Unclaimed Love
    7. Shadow Changes
    8. Beautiful Flowers
    9. The Annual Menhaden
    10. Winter Love
    11. Revelation #1

Constant Emotion

Distributed by Waterbug Records - TO ORDER
1997

Produced by: Charles Sawtelle

Reviews
Kate's comments on the songs

Musicians:

Waterbug RecordsKate MacLeod: vocals, guitar, fiddle, harmonica
Peter Rowan: vocal harmonies
Charles Sawtelle: guitar
Matt Flinner: tenor guitar, banjo, bouzouki, mandolin
Barry Carter: acoustic bass guitar
Mark Diamond: acoustic bass
Sally Van Meter: dobro
Kelly Wallis: drums
Ty Burhoe: tabla

Tracks:
    1. Constant Emotion
    2. Talkin' About Good News
    3. Long Ride Home
    4. My Forsaken Love
    5. Adam
    6. New Song
    7. A Long Time Ago
    8. Second Chance at Romance
    9. The Piney Wood Hills (by Buffy Sainte-Marie)
    10. The Red and Green House
    11. The Child
    12. Green

Trying to Get It Right

Distributed by Waterbug Records - TO ORDER
1995

Produced by: Charles Sawtelle

Reviews
Kate's comments about the songs

Musicians:

Waterbug RecordsKate MacLeod: vocals, guitar, fiddle, harmonica
Matt Flinner: tenor guitar, banjo, bouzouki, mandolin
John Magnie: accordion
Mark Diamond: acoustic bass

Tracks:
    1. Lark in the Morning
    2. Alaska
    3. Angels on My Mind
    4. Me and My Medicine
    5. PrairyErth
    6. Pawn Shop Man
    7. Welfare Line
    8. Alabama Midwife
    9. Play the Piano with Style
    10. Some Things Are Easy
    11. Gospel Songs
    12. None But One (by Jean Ritchie)

Two additional Waterbug Records recordings, A Fair Land Lies Before Me (2004) and Far Away (1999), released by the celtic group Shanahy that Kate performs with, are available for purchase at the Waterbug Records website.


Discography:

Breakfast -- Waterbug Records WBG0063, 2005
with backing band: the Pancakes

Drawn from the Well -- Wind River Records WR4023CD, 2002
duet recording with Kate Eggleston

Feel the Earth Spin -- Wind River Records WR4020CD, 2001
solo recording

Constant Emotion -- Waterbug Records WBG0032, 1997

Trying to Get It Right -- Waterbug Records WBG0017, 1995

A Fair Land Lies Before Me -- Waterbug Records CMS012, 2004
with Utah-based Celtic band, Shanahy (bandmember and producer)

Far Away -- Waterbug Records SKP103, 1999
with Utah-based Celtic band, Shanahy (bandmember and producer)

Trip to Ballymena -- 1995
with Utah-based Celtic band, Shanahy (bandmember)

Memorial Day -- sampler, Waterbug Records WBG0029, 1996
(two of Kate's songs unavailable elsewhere)

Also, Kate produced two recordings by "new folk" artist Anke Summerhill: The Roots Run Deep (ISG Records, 1999), and Shine on Through (Sky & Earth Music, 2003).

As a studio musician, Kate has recorded fiddle or harmony vocals on more than eighteen other independently-produced CDs.